Blizzard!

Our snow covered house~ this was actually taken about 2pm It continued to snow throughout the night! We knew it was coming and I forced myself into the jam packed stores in search of really good, hardy snowboots and food. I came back with food and other random goodies, but no boots. Thankfully, I had some semi-waterproof ones from last year that worked just fine when I headed out to play in the snow.

No relaxing/sunning on the porch this time of year :)

Mya and her friend/neighbor Cameron playing in the snow

A friend on FB noticed that I looked more excited than the kiddos haahaaa what can I say, I'm from South Texas and we don't see this much snow in our backyard everyday- take that back, EVER!

How can anyone resist??

Tubing down the hill in our backyard

Slaeter was inside most of the time just begging to go outside. We finally bundled him up and brought him out in the blizzard to enjoy a couple rides. This was the first ride. Nate eventually put him on the tube by himself and he LOVED it! That's my boy!

These eyes MELT my heart every time, even in these frigid conditions. :)

Returning from snow play...

Had to do it.

Snow, sand, no difference to Mya, she'll roll in both and enjoy it with all her little self!

So, Slaeter and I hung out indoors, when the girls and Nate went outside to enjoy round 2 of tubing. These are the special time indeed... he gave me kisses, lovies, and snuggies to last into the new year. I like the top left photo of him puckering - TOO CUTE!

Bright eyes!

The going down was fun, the climb back up, not so much. :(

O come all ye faithful! They persevered until their poor tired legs couldn't take it anymore -good stuff. Lets just say they were ready for bed early last night! :)

To be continued...

The morning after...

This morning, we woke up to the sun shining and a winter wonderland... Since I have taken a picture of our street in all seasons, I couldn't resist one of our snow covered street and this cute little guy.

Slaeter is a good size boy for 18 months... see how high the snow pile is?
Thought that would help you visualize and imagine what we had to scoop - mhm excuse me, I mean what Nate had to shovel -haahaa

I tried to capture he beauty of the sun glistening on our snow covered lawn and failed miserably. Can you see the snow wisps (for lack of a better word) to the left? It wasn't as bad as yesterday, but we still had to watch for sprays of snow in the face whenever gusts of wind came our way. :)

Neighbors shoveling their car...

Nate and the neighbors behind us shoveling snow in our alley, as the kids played in our neighbors front yard.

Slaeter and I joined the crew in our neighbors front yard. I asked Nate to take a picture so you could see that we were literally knee deep in snow!

It's on baby! Lets do it!

Taking on "the hill" a.k.a our neighbors front yard.

Mya was having fun - really :) Mya just told me to write "Mya doesn't like this ride. haaahaa Just kidding!" But there is a little truth to her words. :)

Audrey loved the coming down! However this girl wasn't so happy about having to climb back up each time.

And of course, daddy had "to test it out" haahaaa

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

1st snow of the season came this past weekend... it was so beautiful! I guess I should've posted the above pic last.... it was taken after the snow play. They all cozied up on the couch for some toons. :)

The girls had a blast making snow angels! We were only supposed to get an inch of snow, but ended up getting much more. This picture was taken at the beginning of the snowfall, by the end we had quite a few inches.

Our street ~ winter wonderland

The snow covered berries and landscape is beautiful beyond description!

Experiencing the seasons is wonderful! It prompts me to fall on my knees and worship the Creator!